ASAP AM Spares Blog

When an issue occurs with one’s aircraft the ideal procedure typically begins with replacing the basic parts of the aircraft till they fix the problem. Most of the time this is not the best resolution if the pilot wants to fly immediately. Understanding the minor basics will save you time, money and effort in trouble shooting your own aircraft.

There was an article on Avi Trader about how Sky Helicopters took delivery of two R44 Cadet Helicopters from Robinson Helicopter Company. Sky Helicopters is an FAA 141 flight school and a Robinson Helicopter dealer.

Bombardier is announcing that they will further cut the CSeries deliveries for the year amidst engine delays by Pratt & Whitney. Having reduced the delivery forecast from 15 to now just 7 aircrafts in 2016, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft is expecting lower projected revenues for the year. Bombardier has promised that they are working more closely with Pratt & Whitney in an attempt to address the engine supply ramp-up issue and the Canadian plane and train supplier has already delivered 2 CS100s to SWISS with a third delivery due in October.

In recent news, a group of European scientist join in research to create a better way to enhance airport security.  The project is known as the MIRPHAB, or ‘Mid-Infrared photonics devices fabrication for chemical sensing and spectroscopic applications and is being instructed by a French CEA- Leti Administration. They have created a hand held chemical spectroscopic sensor with the ability of instant detection of gases from within a 30m distance. The device is designed with photonics technology and a mid IR sensor which uses spectroscopic sensors that read certain gas that given off when gases are interacted with light.

Airbus Helicopters announced they believe a deal with Poland for 50 H225M rotor craft is imminent. This comes eighteen months after the Caracal was provisionally selected for the tri-service deal in which Warsaw selected the 11t type back in April of 2015. The change in government contributed to breakdown of negotiations but the deal has since been cleared by the national defence ministry. Airbus Helicopters is just now hashing out the details on its offset package with the Polish ministry of development.

The Departure Clearance air traffic control tower services is up to speed by the FAA, the goal is to have it running in fifty-six airports before 2016 ends. Washington Dulles International Airport located in Virginia has accomplished using the structure created by the FAA. There was even a presentation of the works, featuring a UPS Boeing 767. The reasoning for this system is to ensure flight clearances, instructions, traffic management, and flight crew requests and reports. FAA also has three other systems airspace systems to ensure safety in the time of flight. Text message is being used as a main stream of communications between flight management systems and ground automation systems. The great thing about using text messages to communicate are to eliminate the crowding on the radio systems.

Airbus Helicopters has announced after a lengthy and drawn out period of negotiations that the Kuwait Ministry of Defense has extended a contract for 30 H225M Caracal helicopters. If French media reports are to be believed, the contract is worth more than 1 billion dollars which includes a support, services and training package.

Stephen Trimble wrote an article for Flight Global discussing about how Russia is planning to add more variety in terms of scope for future transport dealing with the military, however much of the details are left to be unknown at this time. There is a state run news agency called TASS in which the Ilyushin chief executive Sergei Velmozhkin mentions that research and development will being next year for the transport. There will be a scheduled in service date of 2027 for the transport as well.

What does it mean for flexible wings to act like shock absorbers, when a plane is in flight it goes through irregular shaking due to a brief and strong rushes of wind. These wind rushes can cause an airplane to go through some rough vibrational shakes. Having flexible aircraft wings however can reduce these shakes tremendously because what will happen is that the wing will suck most of the shock due to the wing’s flexibility. The flexibility of the wing can cause a negative effect on the performance of the plane but a very minimum effect.

Bill Carey wrote an article for AIN Online talking about how the U.S. Navy launched the unmanned aircraft system (or UAS) from a coastal patrol ship in the Arabian Gulf. The unmanned aircraft system was launched so that it could scout and provide surveillance during the missile testing. Not only was the unmanned aircraft system tested from coastal patrol ships, but also from guided missile destroyers as well as fast transport ships. The unmanned aircraft system is called the RQ-20A Puma.